Vehicle-body-door construction



W. H. EMOND. VEHICLE BODY DOOR CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION HLED NOV. 15, 1919.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 15, 1919.

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ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. EMOND, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO H. H. FRANKLIN MFG. COMPANY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

VEELICLE-BODY-DOOR CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 16, 1921.

Application filed November 15, 1919. Serial No. 338,254.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, l/VILLIAM H. EMOND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Vehicle Body Door Construction, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to motor vehicle bodies and has for its object a construction by which a particularly wide door is provided hinged to the front wall, that is, wellup toward the front of the body, so as to provide ample passageway to the front seat, such door having a rectangular glass panel movable vertically in the upper portion or sash of the door.

The invention consists in the noval fea tures and in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is an elevation of a car body embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevation, the door being shown as partly open.

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are respectively sectional views taken on lines 3-3, 4-4, 5-5, Fig. 2.

Heretofore, the doors of motor vehicle bodies for closed cars as sedans, coupes, broughams, etc., which have inclined front walls or Windshields, have had the front frame members of their upper portions inclined so that the glass panel is also inclined and when lowered in the sash leaves an opening along the front edge thereof as well as above the top edges thereof. In order to obtain a rectangular glass panel, the door has to be narrowed so that its front edge is back of the vertical plane of the rearmost point of the inclined front wall or windshield. Hence, the entrance to the front seat is very narrow.

By my arrangement the widest poss1ble door is provided in combination with an inclined front wall or windshield and at the same time a rectangular glass panel can be used in the door.

I have here illustrated my door constructionas applied to a sedan vehicle body having a single door on each side through which entrance and egress is had to botlrthe front and rear seats, the door being hinged far enough forwardly to permit easy access to the front seat, and its free edge being located far enough rearward to permit ready access to the rear seat.

1 is the body and 2 the top thereof which has an inclined front wall or windshield 3. As here shown, this front wall is in the form of two forwardly converging windows the apex of which is located in the vertical central plane of the car.

Whether or not the front wall or windshield is flat or as shown is immaterial in so far as my invention is concerned, but in either case the side frame members 5 of the wall incline upwardly and rearwardly.

6 is the door having a lower portion in the body and an upper portion or section 7 in the top including a sash and a glass panel 8 movable vertically in the sash in any suitable manner. The door is hinged at its front edge and the axial line 9 of the hinge is vertical.

In order to provide the widest possible door that the construction will permit, the

hinges are so located that their axial line extends across the frame member 5 of the front 'wall or windshield 3 and the lower end of said member is located in front of the axial line 9 of the door and the upper end in the rear of said line.

The front rail 11 of the sash of the upper section 7 of the door meets the rear edge of the frame member 5 and their meeting edges are of less inclination than the front edge of the frame member 5 and the front wall or windshield.

12 is the upperhinge including a leaf 13 secured to the door near the top edge thereof extending across the upper end of the frame member 5 and hinged to the leaf or section 14 secured in any suitable manner to the upper rail of the front wall 3.

15 is the middle hinge having leaves mounted in the meeting edges of the sash 7 and the frame member 5.

16 is the lower hinge which includes leaves or sections 17, 18 mounted respectivelyon the meeting edges of the lower portion 6 of the door and the body 1, the hinge pin 19 being located out of the plane of the body and the door in line with the axes of the other two hinges.

Owing to the different inclination of the meeting edges of the upper portion of the door and the frame relatively to the incline of'the front wall or windshield, and the arrangement of the frame member crosswise of the upper half of the axial line of the door, it is possible to locate the axis of the door well forward and provide an upper sash strong enough to permit a rectangular glass window of maximum size to be used.

What I claim is:

1. A vehicle body including a top having a rearwardly inclined front wall and a door including a lower portion in the body and an upper portion in the top, the door being hinged at its front edge and the upper portion of the door in the top including a sash and a panel movable in the sash, the front edge of the sash meeting the inclined rear edge of the front wall and the meeting edges of the sash and the rear edge of the front walls being inclined away from the axial line of the hinge and at less rearward inclination from that of the front wall, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A vehicle body including atop having a rearwardly inclining front wall and a door including a lower portion in'the body and an upper portion in the top, the inclined front wall including a frame member at one side of the body which inclines upwardly and rearwardly, the door being hinged at its front edge, and said inclined frame member extending crosswise of the vertical axis of the door and having its lower end in front I of said axis and its upper end in the rear thereof, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. A vehicle body including a top having a rearwardly inclining front wall and a door including a lower portion in the body and an upper portion in the top, the inclined front wall including a frame member at one side of the body which inclines upwardly and rearwardly, the door being hinged at its front edge, and said inclined frame member extending crosswise of' the vertical axis of the door and having its lower end in front of said axis and its upper end in the rear thereof, the front edge of the upper portion of the door being inclined rearwardly and meeting the rear edge of said frame member, and said meeting edges being of less inclination out of the vertical than the front face of the front wall and said frame member, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, this 27th day of ctober, 1919.

WILLIAM H. EMOND. 

